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Dunlap, William F. – Academic Therapy, 1982
Readiness activities are described which are designed to help learning disabled (LD) students learn to perform computations in story problems. Activities proceed from concrete objects to numbers and involve the students in devising story problems. The language experience approach is incorporated with the enactive, iconic, and symbolic levels of…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computation, Language Experience Approach, Learning Disabilities
James, Michael – Academic Therapy, 1986
An approach to spelling instruction allows students to select spelling words as part of a whole-language, language experience writing program. Guidelines for implementing such a program are offered. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach, Learning Disabilities, Spelling Instruction
Hollingsworth, Paul M.; Reutzel, D. Ray – Academic Therapy, 1988
Use of the whole language theory can improve the reading and writing of the language-learning disabled. This paper describes resource room characteristics necessary to create a whole language-learning environment and outlines instructional practices consistent with whole language theory, such as reading aloud, language experience approach,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedKaderavek, Joan N.; Mandlebaum, Linda Higbee – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1993
This article explores ways to enhance oral discussions to increase the written language abilities of students with learning disabilities. It discusses oral and written language differences, and offers specific strategies for improving oral narrative skills within the Language Experience Approach (LEA), such as using semantic maps and teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedReetz, Linda J.; Hoover, John H. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
Evaluation for acceptability and utility of 5 common reading methods and materials by 32 middle school students with learning disabilities found the basal reader approach preferred over the other methods (language experience, direct instruction, multisensory, and neurological impress) which were all rated equally. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedEldridge, Bruce H. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Explains six instructional components, based on a psycholinguistic view of reading, for teaching the adolescent disabled reader to read. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Language Experience Approach
Bryant, N. Dale; And Others – 1979
This research review on basic reading skills begins with an historical perspective on reading methods, followed by an overview of reading instruction methods for the general population. Research findings are presented on several instructional methods, including phonetic, linguistic, artificial orthography, basal reading, and language experience…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1983
The continuing theme of these conferences is: "Reading, the Process of Creating Meaning for Sensed Stimuli." The special theme of this 1983 anniversary conference is: "Reading Reading: 50th Anniversary Perspectives." The proceedings in this yearbook reflect the retrospective and prospective emphasis of the special theme.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Reading, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
